Cankerworm
a worm or larva destructive to trees or plants; in America specifically applied to moths and larvæ of the genus Anisopteryx. rides, 12 miles S. W. of Syke, and 3 N. W. of Rum. It is 4½ miles long, 1 mile broad, and 4½ square miles in area.
The surface, nowhere higher than 800 feet, consists of trap.